Improvement in coupling faucets to pipes



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NATHAN FOSTER WESTON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Letters Patent No. 66,659, dated July 9, 1867.'

IMPROVEMENT IN UPLING FAUCBTS T0 PIPES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, NATHAN F. WEsrON, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, havevinvented a new and useful Mode of Applying Faucets, etc., to a Pipe; and do hereby declare ,the following to bea full, clear,.and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and in whichl vFigure 1 is a top view.

Figure 2, a front elevation.

Figure 3, a horizontal section;andV

Figarefa transverse section of the said invention. i

Figure 5 is an inner side view of the cap-plate, to be describe( Figure 6 shows a modified application of my invention.

The object ofthis invention is to enable a faucet or a T-joint or branch-pipe to be applied .to a pipe or tubewithout the aid of solder and without removing'the pipe from its place. l

The inventioniconsists of two plates so formed and applied as to circumscribc and clasp the pipe firmly between them, a boss or offset, having a female screw ent within it for the 'reception of the faucet or of the T'being formed upon one of the two plates, a hole corresponding in area and position to that of the faucet being cut'in the pipe to open communication between th'c two.

In the drawings above referred to as illustrating my invention, AA denote two metallic plates grooved for the reception 4of the pipe, which is shownat B, the inner plate A', which in practicewould generally be applied to the wall-of au apartment, having ears formed upon it for this purpose. The outer or cap-plate A is screwed to the plate, A', as represented, and the two, after enclosing the pipe between them, are clamped tightly together. The said cap-plate A has an offset, a, formed upon it, this offset having a femalescrew, b, cut through it and the plate into which the faucet is screwed in the usual manner. A packing of rubber or other suitable material is interposed between the cap-plate A andthe pipe B, immediately about the female screw b, a hole or passage, @subsequently being` out through this packing and the pipe to open communication between it and the faucet, andeompletin'g the connection of the two. Fig. 6 ofthe drawings represents the application of a T or branch,- pipe to the pipe B by means' of the'c'lainli-plates before described, which will readily explain itself topersons skilled in the art to which my invention'appertains. v i

Several important advantagesresult from the application of myinvention, one being the fact that no solder `is employed or required, .thus enabling any person at any time to apply a faucet ora T to a pipe, it being well known that the ordinary mode of applying a faucet being attended with the expenditure of much` time and labor, as well as expense, and requiring an experienced plumber to accomplish it. I I

Another advantage in my invention is that the pipe to which-the' faucet is to be applied need not berernoved from `its original position, thus doing away with the necessity, now unavoidable, of taking down a considerable portion ofthe .said pipe. i

Vl'o these advantages'is added the by no means insignificant fact that a faucet may be applied by my method at far loss expense and i-n a very short space of time, or asmall fraction of the time now employed in aixing the faucet.,v The joint thus formed is also much more durable and less liable to fracture than the old one. Other practical advantages of my invention will recommend themselves to plumbers or gas-fitters, to whom this specification is chiefly addressed.

I claim the mode,` substantially as above described, of applyinga faucet or T to a pipe, by which Vthe use of soldering is dispensed with and other advantages gained, essentially as explained. l

l NATHAN FOSTER WESTON. Witnesses: f

Guns.' H. Gnrrrir, C. LLOYD TURNER. 

